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I recently had a chance to shoot out all of the A Designs solid state mic pres as well as an original Neve 1073 and a Millennia HV-3D. I thought it would be helpful to include a couple pres I knew pretty well. We did kick, snare, OHs, electric gtr, acoustic gtr, bass DI, vox and tamborine. Me and my...

Roman Sokal wrote:
agreed.
david bottrill!

David Bottrill Rules! I picked up one of his clients after he stopped working with him, and boy was that intimidating!

A Shure KSM32 would do the trick. Amazing mic for the price.

About half my living is mixing records that other guys have tracked. It happens for many reasons (one of which I guess is that I am OK at mixing records). Sometimes the record company rejects the original mixes and hires me to remix, sometimes if the budget it tight a less expensive guy will track i...

My 12 watt "Brenda K" by Jule Amps is rockin' my world lately. Its got two knobs and two switches and is insanely versatile.
http://www.juleamps.com/

A lot of people have been saying that the A Designs stuff will end up being one of the long term champs. I kinda believe. Their mic pres are awesome, both the Pacificas and the MPs.

Out stuff is a lot of my bread and butter, but I think it would be hard for me to beat the time I recorded a piece for 12 opera sopranos crumpling paper bags. God Bless Canadian funding for the arts!!! Also on a recent project over in Italy I recorded a gospel choir in a 1000 year old church singing...

A controller is basicly a giant mouse. search the forum and you will find plenty of arguments about this, but my opinion is that your mixes will sound better using the real console, if that is an issue.

The Shure KSM 32s are my fave OH mics and any price point for just the reasons you mentioned. They do not get harsh when the drummer really digs in to the cymbals

I mix in lots of different rooms all the time and many times it is not realistic to bring my own monitors so I brink a couple CDs I know really well and I listen to the constantly. Through out the day I will keep flipping back and forth between my current mix and the CDs I know really well. There ha...

I bring gear all over the world, always a dicey proposition but I hate the thought of life without my distressor.... The two best ways to go: 1) Get an really nice ATA approved shock mount case. Downside with that is that they are expensive and heavy so you can often get nicked for heavy baggage fee...

There are a lot of great looping tools onn the market ande the one that is right for you depends on your budget and how you like to work. The Echoplex of "EDP" is really the king of them all but some of the less expensive ones can be really cool as well. You can check out my looping project here htt...

I moderate a forum over at Studio Forums. Boards over there have a cool vibe. Real freindly.

http://studioforums.com

Anyone know a good soundtracs tech in the LA area?

Metal is not an all encompasing desription. Even with modern metal there are a lot of differnt sounds depending on the genre. Power Metal is very different than Black Metal. Old School Black Metal is very different than new black metel etc Ask them to give you somme CDs they love the sound of and st...